Arrington Talks New Blog (and How He ALMOST Stayed at AOL)

By

Jessica E. Vascellaro

Sep 15, 2011 4:55 pm ET

Michael Arrington is returning to the blogosphere.

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Michael Arrington

The blogger, who is leaving AOL and TechCrunch over a fight over his new venture capital fund, said in an interview that he plans to start a personal blog in the coming days. Arrington, whose last day at AOL is Thursday, said he’ll be writing about what interests him – startups and journalism—and that he won’t be hiring other staffers.

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